13 h. ago Pope Leo XIV 'looked the other way' when confronted with child sex abuse allegations against priest in his Chicago church

The first American pope is accused of turning a blind eye when priests under his wing were accused of sexual abuse.

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24 h. ago Murderer who shot dead Met sergeant Matt Ratana loses conviction and sentence appeal bids

De Zoysa was previously told he would die behind bars

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24 h. ago Killer of Met sergeant Matt Ratana loses conviction and sentence appeal bids

Louis De Zoysa, 27, was given a whole life order in July 2023 after being convicted of Sgt Matt Ratana’s murder the previous month.

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44 h. ago 'Bravery' of alleged victims 'puts their abusers to shame', Rochdale sex abuse trial told

Prosecutors argued that the two complainants are 'credible, honest, accurate and reliable'

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3 d. ago Appeals court to hear cases of 2 university students, one detained, the other recently released

A federal appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments in the cases of a Turkish Tufts University student who's been detained by immigration authorities for six weeks and a Palestinian student at Columbia University who was recently released from detention

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3 d. ago 'Angel of death' Scots nurse appeal begins 17 years after being convicted of murdering four women

Colin Norris has served 17 years of a 30-year sentence handed out in 2008 for the murder of four OAPs and the attempted murder of another.

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4 d. ago Two favourites pushing to become the next Pope are accused of mishandling child sex abuse claims

Italian cardinal Pietro Parolin and Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, cannot be trusted to protect children from abuse, according to a campaign group.

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5 d. ago Growing calls for Lucy Letby case to be referred back to the Court of Appeal as leading barrister claims her convictions are 'almost certainly' unsafe

Adam King is the latest respected figure to raise questions about the case against Letby, who was convicted over two trials of killing seven babies and attempting to murder seven more.

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7 d. ago Funeral sex predator, 20, 'sexually abused' underage boy she met at memorial service

Ayla Gonzalez Salinas, 20, met the teenager at a memorial service they both attended last November where they first began messaging before she allegedly sexually abused him

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1 week ago Prince Andrew 'must come clean' after his sex abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre killed herself, her lawyer says

Speaking on Piers Morgan Uncensored, David Boies, said the Prince had to take responsibility and even went on to request King Charles to intervene.

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1 week ago Local grooming gang inquiries will ‘go further’ than five towns, says Phillips

The Government has faced pressure to act on grooming gangs and child sex abuse.

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1 week ago Israel attacking framework for international law compliance, ICJ hears

Court considering if Israel acted unlawfully by cutting ties with Unwra with claim it is ‘starving, killing and displacing Palestinians’Israel appears set on destroying the framework created to ensure compliance with international law in a way that will have profound consequences that reverberate far beyond Palestine, the international court of justice has heard.The warning was made at the start of five days of proceedings in The Hague that may prove critical to Israel’s future within the world body. The UN’s top court will hear from dozens of nations and organisations in order to draw up an advisory opinion on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians more than 50 days into its total blockade on aid entering Gaza. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Israel seems set on destroying system of international law compliance, ICJ hears

Country accused of obstructing UN as court considers its decision to end cooperation with Unrwa Israel appears set on destroying the framework created to ensure compliance with international law in a way that will have profound consequences that reverberate far beyond Palestine, the international court of justice has heard.The warning was made at the start of five days of proceedings in The Hague that may prove critical to Israel’s future within the world body. The UN’s top court will hear from dozens of nations and organisations in order to draw up an advisory opinion on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians more than 50 days into its total blockade on aid entering Gaza. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Man accused of sex crimes in Rochdale abuse trial denies raping girl

Naheem Akram gave evidence on Monday

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1 week ago UN is threatened by Israel’s decision to cut ties with relief agency, world court told

Hague judges start five days of hearings on Gaza humanitarian crisisMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe very nature of the UN is threatened by Israel’s refusal to accept the rights of its agencies to operate freely in the occupied Palestinian territories, the international court of justice has heard.The statement was made at the start of five days of proceedings in The Hague that may prove critical to Israel’s future inside the world body. The UN’s top court will hear from dozens of nations and organisations in order to draw up an advisory opinion on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians more than 50 days into its total blockade on aid entering Gaza. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Israel’s ban on working with Gaza aid agency threatens aims of UN, ICC hears

Court considering if Israel acted unlawfully by cutting ties with Unwra with claim it is ‘starving, killing and displacing Palestinians’The very nature of the UN is threatened by Israel’s refusal to accept the rights of its agencies to operate freely in the occupied Palestinian territories, the international court of justice has heard.The statement was made at the start of five days of proceedings in The Hague that may prove critical to Israel’s future within the world body. The UN’s top court will hear from dozens of nations and organisations in order to draw up an advisory opinion on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians more than 50 days into its total blockade on aid entering Gaza. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Israel’s ban on working with Gaza aid agency threatens aims of UN, ICJ hears

Court considering if Israel acted unlawfully by cutting ties with Unwra with claim it is ‘starving, killing and displacing Palestinians’The very nature of the UN is threatened by Israel’s refusal to accept the rights of its agencies to operate freely in the occupied Palestinian territories, the international court of justice has heard.The statement was made at the start of five days of proceedings in The Hague that may prove critical to Israel’s future within the world body. The UN’s top court will hear from dozens of nations and organisations in order to draw up an advisory opinion on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians more than 50 days into its total blockade on aid entering Gaza. Continue reading...

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1 week ago NJ high court to hear case between Catholic diocese, prosecutor over investigating sex abuse claims

A Catholic diocese wants to stop New Jersey from trying to empanel a grand jury to investigate allegations of clergy sexual abuse

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1 week ago Prince Andrew has 'no way back' into royal life after sex abuse victim Virginia Giuffre killed herself

Virginia Giuffre, who was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein as a teen, died by suicide in Western Australia last week after making a series of troubling Instagram posts.

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1 week ago Prince Andrew seen for first time since death of sex abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre

The Duke of York - who vehemently denies all wrong doing - was pictured inside a vehicle at Royal Lodge with Sarah Ferguson. at 2.30pm this afternoon - just a day after Ms Giuffre died by suicide

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